HOME OF THE HONEY BEE. 



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not find eggs or young bees, but we shall see in the 

 brood-nest and the adjacent parts, all the bees, as far as 

 possible, huddled together to keep themselves warm. 



Queen-cells in cUfterent stages. 



All the combs, not required for the brood-nest, 

 may be considered the great store-room of the hive 

 in which the bees keep all the food they are likely to 

 need at a future time. A great portion of the brood- 

 nest itself they also use for the same purpose, after 

 the breeding season is over, and the cells are no 

 longer needed for young bees. 



And now, what are these stores .' First of all, of 

 course, there is the honey, — not much in the early 

 spring, but more and more as the year gets on, until 

 at last almost every cell is full, and ample provision 

 has been made for the winter supply of the hive. 



